Subsim Forum regulars' bios, pics, 'how you found Subsim'

[Beery]

Here's my bio...

Ian 'Beery' Cooper - Adventurer/Philosopher/Anarchist/Artist/Philanthropist/Old-school Punk/Erudite Autodidact. Sometime sidewalk artist, draughtsman, picture framer. I've sold more paintings than van Gogh ever did in his lifetime.

Born and raised in Sheffield, England.

Claims to fame (in approximate chronological order):

Able to speak in Broad Yorkshire dialect.
Completely evaded the precedent set by my family's strong military background (one veteran of Trafalgar, three veterans of WW1, one of WW2 and one uncle killed in Cyprus).
Engineer/Draughtsman 1979-'84.
Walked and cycled 10,000 miles throughout Europe, 1984-'85.
Cycled over the Pindos, Alps and Pyrenees mountain ranges.
Shot at by Spanish right-wing shotgun-wielding crazies in December 1984.
Evaded Spanish police while trying to steal a concrete sheep from a nativity scene outside Barcelona police station in December 1984.
Travelled with Simon Murphy, the 'Kiwi Living Legend' 1986-'89.
Worked at Salzburg's International Youth Hotel 1987-'89.
Learned to speak fairly good German.
Evaded French police while trying to steal a British flag at a rugby match in Nantes 1988.
Urinated on the Eiffel Tower and the Berlin Wall.
Sold my own paintings 1988-'89.
Proposed to my wife of 17 years after knowing her for only three days.
Award-winning Picture Framer 1990-'97.
Experienced Hurricanes Iniki and Georges.
Experienced the Northridge-Santa Monica earthquake.
Foiled looters during the L.A. 'Rodney King' riots.
Proud member of the 5-mile high club.
Developed Beery Superpatch for Red Baron 3D.
Developed Beery R&R mod for B-17 II - 1998.
Assembled Real U-boat mod for Silent Hunter 3 - 2005.
Assembled Real Fleet Boat mod for Silent Hunter 4 - 2007.
Completely avoided the tendency in my family for the men to be as bald as a coot by age 40.

I currently live near Boston, Massachusetts, with my wife, daughter, two dogs, a guinea pig and an ever-dwindling number of fish.

[Rose]

That is an amazing list Beery!

Just one question: I thought only one Brit has ever joined the 5-mile high club: http://www.everestnews.com/exp2005/alanhinkes2005.htm. Did you do it after him? Or as an American?

[Beery]

Originally Posted by Rose

That is an amazing list Beery!

Just one question: I thought only one Brit has ever joined the 5-mile high club: http://www.everestnews.com/exp2005/alanhinkes2005.htm. Did you do it after him? Or as an American?

I was talking about the other 5-mile high club.

[LuftWolf]

Originally Posted by Beery

I was talking about the other 5-mile high club.

But you presumably did it with your wife, so that get's an asterisks, I think.

Cheers,
David

[DavyJonesFootlocker]

What da he....

I didn't know about this thread when I first got here. Well, better late than never...

Name: Richard (Simmons)?
Age: Don't ask, don't tell.
Sex: Last time- 1984. Van Halen concert with....
Occupation: Ex-porn star now a US Statesman running for President and Ducimus' next door neighbour!
Hobbies: Games, Movies, Metal Music, Naked Women, Porn, Naked Women, Naked....
Weight:10 grams at least that's what da cops told me what day found on me.
Height: Erm, average.
How I found SubSim?: Scribbled in Prison Cell #2141. Just under I love Mom sign.
Marital Status: Gee, I dunno.
Education: St. Barb's Skool of highah Edukashun. Spent 10 years in State Prison (ah innocent, ah swear!) Ask meh best friend, Bubba!
Favorite Line: "Quick! What's the number for 911?"
Children: 2 Man-eating crocodiles and a whole buncha piranhas!
Location: Nah, ah won't tell ya. De Americans lookin' for meh. Yuh could ask Ducimus.

Dat's me. folks!

[geetrue]

Originally Posted by DavyJonesFootlocker

What da he....

I didn't know about this thread when I first got here. Well, better late than never...

Name: Richard (Simmons)?
Age: Don't ask, don't tell.
Sex: Last time- 1984. Van Halen concert with....
Occupation: Ex-porn star now a US Statesman running for President and Ducimus' next door neighbour!
Hobbies: Games, Movies, Metal Music, Naked Women, Porn, Naked Women, Naked....
Weight:10 grams at least that's what da cops told me what day found on me.
Height: Erm, average.
How I found SubSim?: Scribbled in Prison Cell #2141. Just under I love Mom sign.
Marital Status: Gee, I dunno.
Education: St. Barb's Skool of highah Edukashun. Spent 10 years in State Prison (ah innocent, ah swear!) Ask meh best friend, Bubba!
Favorite Line: "Quick! What's the number for 911?"
Children: 2 Man-eating crocodiles and a whole buncha piranhas!
Location: Nah, ah won't tell ya. De Americans lookin' for meh. Yuh could ask Ducimus.

Dat's me. folks!

I saw that movie .. I think it was called "The Great Pretender" with Tony Curtis.

[d5j55]

name:UNKNOWN
age: UNKNOWN
stats: well all that most shold know for now is that i am creating a 1:95 model of the tirpitz. and the guns dont use steel balls and co2 it uses an explosive and lead/steel/aluminum rods. it also has a radar, two two-cylender turbines (obviously with two boilers), and one electric powered motor for the middle prop.

With a total of: three night vision cammeras and 20 cell-phone cammeras mounted on a few of the turrets. and it weighs about 400 pounds so far, its only a hull and a few componants.

[raymond6751]

Known here as raymond6751
Real name Mike Raymond
Canadian, living in Ottawa, our nation's capital
Been playing sub games since the commodore 64 Silent Service game. Had all versions of that plus Silent Hunter.
Just wrote a book, We The People.
Retired, widowed, single Dad of a 13 yr old boy.
Just not enough time to play as much as I'd like to.
Drive a Pontiac Montana.
Have a chocolate lab called Bart Simpson
Nerd. (right now using 2 computers at same time over wireless lan)
Wishlist: A version of SH3 or 4 that lets players unite on same boat, sharing the experiences.

[Biggles]

Another update on my looks!



:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

No prettier than the first post

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Biggles

Another update on my looks!



:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Heeeeey! You that one thing from The Muppets? :rotfl:

[Jimbuna]

ROFLMAO :rotfl:

You'll cause a war one day

[Happy Times]

Needs an update.

[SkvyWvr]

Originally Posted by Happy Times

26 years. Feeling old Father was in the military, now retired. Lived abroad because of that. High school with good grades. Army, one year in a recon unit as an NCO, wich i liked. Trying to keep in shape by running and lifting weights. I had to quit hapkido fo time restraints, it still pisses me of and comes up every time i argue with my gf. Own my part of a family buisness and work on a factory also. Going to apply to police enforcement. Before i started to go out with my gf, i wanted to join the Marines. The US ones and kinda still secretly do, but i quess im too old. Does anyone know? :hmm:

I think 30 or 32 is the cut off.

[Marhkimov]

Name: Let's just call me Marhkimov.
Age: 19

About me:
I grew up in California. For as long as I can remember, I adored airplanes. When I was a kid, all I used to do was draw airplanes. One after the other: airplanes, airplanes, airplanes. Right now, I don't love airplanes as much as I used to, but I still think that they are cool.

Then when I got a little older, my dad got MS Flight Simulator 98 for my birthday. That was fun. I still have fond memories of trying to take off and land from Meigs field in Chicago.

Then with the advent of newer and faster computers, I bought MS Combat Flight Simulator 2. I loved that game, as it got me hooked to the world of online modding. I would always download new airplanes and just fly. It was so fun. I remember flying B-52's and B-36's. Those were the days... Then I went to CFS3, IL2, and IL2FBAces. I also played a lot of Madden and NHL on the PS2.


But more recently in my life, I am a ballroom dancer. I know, that's very atypical. An airplane dude that likes to dance? But you know what? It's funny how life presents you with these twists and turns... That's what makes life special.

I've been dancing ever since I was 17, and it is now my lifelong passion. It's an amazing and graceful sport, and one day I hope to be #1 dancer in the world.

In my freetime, I am a college student at a junior college. I have not a clue what I want to major in, but not surprisingly my heart wants me to be a dance instructor. I also play SH3 and do a lot of skinning/modding. And I hang around in the subsim forums too much... Thank you subsim.